Impetuous Ritual - Relentless Execution Of Ceremonial Excrescence

Well, I guess we better get to it...how many people here today haven't listened to anything resembling Heavy Metal since Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath? A show of hands? That many, huh? I understand completely- I was once where you are now. I mean, after Ozzy left, what was there left to listen to in the way of Hard Rock? Foghat? ZZ Top? Def Leppard? Judas Priest? Iron Maiden? To the kids who grew up listening to their big brother's Iron Maiden records they were the freakin' Beatles, in terms of influence. I heard all this stuff when it was new- I've been working all my post-high school life at record stores (until recently that is) and well, Hair Metal just didn't cut it for me. I missed Black Sabbath. The closest thing to it I found was Hawkwind (that's another story) and Blue Öyster Cult (I don't want to talk about it). I burned out on Zep after high school- every girl I knew had the whole catalog. That's the only reason any guy I knew had Led Zeppelin records- for the ladies...anyway, as the decades wore on I found other loud, aggressive music to listen to like the Ramones, Killing Joke, and all your Punk Classics. Eventually I heard the name Metallica and of all things, Carcass and set down to listen to them and was blown away. Some guys I worked with formed a thrash band (Coffin Grinder) and they blew me away. I had been in bands for years but they were all rock'n'roll, technically speaking. I was saying to myself, "This is what metal has become, post-Grunge? I've been missing out!" It turns out it had been happening all through the 80s too. Now you may be saying to yourself, "He worked in record stores all that time and he never heard this shit?!?" Well, no matter how independent some of these stores were, metal was almost never played after the second Van Halen lp came out (wonder why?)- that stuff was for 15-year-olds, y'know? While it is true that teenagers love their metal if they are exposed to it, the current state of Metal is a very diverse and complex one and there's much more for young & old adults to appreciate and even love with a passion they might not have felt for a while, especially if you play guitar, which I do. I mean, if you ever liked loud guitars and obnoxious attitudes in Rock, then this stuff's for you. It's challenging. The great thing about it all now is- there's lots of metal bands now that don't ever sing about workin' for the weekend and how it feels like the very first time- they're talking about death, drugs, politics, Satan and outer space just like...Black Sabbath! So, what was the point of all this? If you raised your hand, nothing you have ever experienced will prepare you for Blackened Death Metal band Impetuous Ritual's Relentless Execution Of Ceremonial Excrescence, an album that indulges heavily in under-production, which means the first two Velvet Underground records will sound pristine to you afterwards.  On first listen you will be hard pressed to even make out what they're playing but at least check out the first track- the guitar tone is chilling (also recommended are tracks 5 & 8). I'm really hitting you over the head with this one, so beware. Anyone who has ever known abject terror will like this record. They are coming to El Paso soon and i'm hoping they add a date in Austin or even Houston, because it's an 8-10 hour drive to El Paso from here. Now, are there any questions?...

This is not Impetuous Ritual, this is for the ladies. Enjoy it while you can, I don't think I can handle looking at it for long...I mean, I'd rather look at this...